Developmental plasticity of limb bone microstructural organization in Apateon: Histological evidence of paedomorphic conditions in branchiosaurs

Evolution and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-328

  Sanchez, Sophie ^a,b   de Ricqlès, Armand ^c   Schoch, Rainer ^d   Steyer, J Sébastien ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; ANATOMY; CARBONIFEROUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LIMB; MICROFOSSIL; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; SEXUAL MATURITY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS;

EUROPE;

APATEON; BRANCHIOSAURIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77953955582     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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